ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,648, issued on July 15, was assigned to Dechra Veterinary Products LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Injectable antibiotic formulations and use thereof" was invented by Neil E. Paulsen (Overland Park, Kan.), Gail L. Dempsey (Overland Park, Kan.), Michael S. Daniel (Overland Park, Kan.), Tiffany G. Tomlinson (Overland Park, Kan.), Douglas I. Hepler (Overland Park, Kan.) and Raymond Petzold (Overland Park, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are pharmaceutically acceptable compositions containing macrolide antibiotics, in particular azithromycin. In particular, compositions containing azithromycin with low toxicity, especiall...